We performed a comparison between AWS Directory Service and Microsoft Entra ID based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can provide specific access to people based on what they need from our accounts."
"We like the fact that it's got such great redundancy."
"Two-step authentication is very useful and important."
"AWS has eliminated the downtime we waste when our on-premises resources go down."
"AWS Directory Service is secure."
"The most valuable feature of AWS Directory Service is cost-cutting features."
"Provides good performance and availability."
"I like the manageability. Activate Connect makes it easier to assign information and to manage the resources in the network."
"The most valuable features of Azure ID are the single sign-on and OpenID Connect authentication."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to deploy and make changes to every workstation that I need to. We use it to control policy and I can apply the right policies to all our 1,500 workstations, notebooks, et cetera."
"The most valuable feature is the factor identification. I find that it is natural integration, and it is just a natural step. I do not need to do anything else."
"It is pretty good in terms of stability."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to set up conditional access, where you can enforce users to connect using multifactor authentication."
"The best thing about Active Directory is its compatibility. It works with lots of third-party vendors. We're using multiple products, and they're all integrated with our Active Directory."
"Privileged Identity Management and Privileged Identity Management make controlling access considerably easier and ensure that authorized access is achieved."
"If you want to replicate a website at the frontend in Azure, it's very easy to do it globally."
"AWS Directory Service needs to improve processing."
"Some of the security protocols are difficult to understand."
"The AWS Directory Service should be easier to integrate."
"We had a problem with the schema uploading and setting up the directory when we are migrating our users from on-premises to cloud infrastructure."
"I would like to see better integration with other business solutions."
"To get CloudWatch to monitor your memory and storage, you have to do some configuration within your server, which sometimes results in errors."
"Our only complaint is that you cannot integrate your Exchange server. Or, if you are planning to install an Exchange server on your Amazon EC2 instance, then you need to configure Active Directory on EC2 instance. We would like for this limitation to be lifted."
"The group policy can be improved."
"Something that can be improved is their user interface"
"The only issue is the OU is not properly synced. Therefore, you have to do a manual sync sometimes or you might lose the connector due to AD Connect or sync servers."
"I want to see more features to improve security, such as integrated user behavior analysis."
"When you start to deal with legacy applications, provisioning is not as intuitive."
"Azure Active Directory could be made easier to use. We have large amounts of data and storage. We are looking for video files and media content for applications, we will think about options, such as cloud storage or a CDN."
"There are some features, where if you want to access them, then you need to make use of PowerShell. If someone is not really versed in PowerShell scripting, then they would definitely have issues using some of those features in Azure Active Directory."
"Microsoft Entra ID should improve workload identities. It should set conditional access."
"The management interface has some areas that need improvement."
AWS Directory Service is ranked 6th in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 12 reviews while Microsoft Entra ID is ranked 1st in Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS) (IAMaaS) with 190 reviews. AWS Directory Service is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Entra ID is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of AWS Directory Service writes "Extends AD identity and management capabilities to AWS resources". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Entra ID writes "Allows users to authenticate from home and has excellent integrations in a simple, stable solution". AWS Directory Service is most compared with Microsoft Entra External ID, Google Cloud Identity, Okta Workforce Identity, Omada Identity and SailPoint IdentityIQ, whereas Microsoft Entra ID is most compared with Microsoft Intune, Google Cloud Identity, Yubico YubiKey, Cisco Duo and CyberArk Privileged Access Manager. See our AWS Directory Service vs. Microsoft Entra ID report.
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